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Just wondering

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edited 5 August 2018 at 6:04AM in Benefits & tax credits
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  • [Deleted User]
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    edited 5 August 2018 at 5:35AM
    fairyface wrote: »
    I know someone who is on housing benefit and the husband gets pension credit as well, he has a private pension as well I think, so is it illegal to claim the benefits?

    Oh dear. What makes you think it's illegal? Jealousy?
  • badmemory
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    I know someone who had a state pension & 2 private ones & got pension credit which got him housing benefit. He was completely within the financial limits for this. Can you quote the amount of actual income they receive before the benefits? That is the only way to know if they are entitled!
  • xylophone
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    https://www.ageuk.org.uk/globalassets/age-uk/documents/factsheets/fs48_pension_credit_fcs.pdf
  • Afraid_of_Kittens
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    ...and this folks is why you should never tell anyone else your private financial details. Somebody somewhere will get jealous and think you are committing fraud and before you know it you are under investigation...
    I enjoy flower arranging, kittens, devil worship, the study of serial killers and their methods and road kill jigsaws.
  • parkrunner
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    OP clearly doesn't like the perfectly acceptable replies.
    It's nothing , not nothink.
  • TELLIT01
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    The answer is 'it depends'. Pension and other income MAY affect entitlement to other benefits but certainly not always.
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